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Zerox Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Seldom

0 Seldom has a negative connotation. Therefore, can it appear in context which beings with "Not only....."?02br
00For example: Not only come you here seldom..... or something similar to that.0-
  

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0Hi Zerox,02br 02br 00Seldom means rarely, or infrequently. 02br 02br 00These contexts don’t have any negative annotation at all. In fact, they carry positive messages.

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  • 0Hi Zerox,02br 02br 00Seldom means rarely, or infrequently.
  • 02br 02br 00These contexts don’t have any negative annotation at all.
  • In fact, they carry positive messages.
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0Hi Zerox,02br
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00Seldom means rarely, or infrequently. I don’t think it has the annotation of being negative.02br
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00He seldom takes time off.02br
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00He seldom uses swear words because his parents are very disciplinary.02br
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00We seldom drink, only when we have a celebration
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0 01i00not only02i00 requires inversion. And yes, it can be used with 01i00seldom02i00. But there's nothing unusual or special about that. 01i00often02i00, the opposite of 01i00seldom02i00, can also be used with 01i00not only02i00.02br
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0hi there,02br
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00Is the word 'seldom' rarely used in England? Instead, 'seldom' is replaced by 'rarely' and 'never'. Is it true?0-
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0I don’t know where you learned this but [seldom] is used just as much as rarely IMO. Never and seldom have different places in the “frequency” scale. Never means zero! Seldom is not never.0-
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0 hardly is it ok? 0-
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0 01i00hardly02i00 is OK, yes. But I'm not sure what your question is.02br
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